Have you ever dreamed of having a modern home theater of your very own? Luckily, they are simpler to set up than you might expect. Creating a home theater room requires optimizing all aspects of the environment to better enjoy your favorite movies, television shows, video games and music.
But there’s a bit more to making an amazing home theater than just comfy chairs and surround sound speakers. To help you get started, here are some home theater design ideas to make your dream a reality:
Acoustic panels are an excellent idea for modern home theaters. When added to your walls, acoustic panels improve sound quality in your home theater by eliminating echo and reverb. The best thing is that they are incredibly versatile and available in many colors, textures and sizes to meet your needs.
Acoustic panels can also prevent noise from escaping into other rooms. Feel free to turn up the volume on your favorite movie while the panels absorb the excess sound rather than transfer it.
Achieving a zero-glare home movie theater setup requires your room of choice to have little or no natural sunlight. Installing blackout curtains or shutter blinds to block the outside light from your media room will make your viewing experience more comfortable.
Reduced lighting concerns are a major advantage of a basement home theater. If you have a finished basement, consider making it your theater room location and enjoy the shortcut to more control of your environment’s light.
Lounge chairs and recliners are perfect for home theater seating. If you’re short on space, zero wall clearance recliners are an excellent option for a luxurious seat you can spread out in without taking up a ton of square footage.
Making sure you have enough home theater seating for your audience is important as well. Consider having some portable, auxiliary seating options like bean bags and floor cushions available to expand your movie night capabilities.
For help in reducing the messes and distractions, opt for chairs with built-in cup holders. You can also buy or DIY tray tables and cup holders that attach to the arm of the chair whenever you need them.
While comfort is the most important aspect of modern home theater design, don’t forget to make it personal. By using these tips and adding your own creative twist, you can create the perfect place for enjoying a movie night in.
Susan Shuxian Hu has been a dedicated realtor serving in Silicon Valley since 2010. With great passion, outstanding negotiation skills and due diligence, she has helped many buyers and sellers in their real estate needs. Living in West San Jose for more than 14 years, she has broad knowledge in Cupertino, West San Jose, Los Altos and Saratoga. She has enormous patience working with buyers and never tired of showing all possible properties that may fit client’s needs. Clients appreciate her best service to their satisfaction. She specialized in luxurious real estate purchase in Los Altos, Cupertino, Saratoga and Palo Alto. She also helped friend and past client’s referral working in San Francisco, Foster City and far reached Bay Area.
Susan Shuxian Hu was graduated in East China Normal University in Shanghai with bachelor and master degrees in Bio science. She came to US in 1989 and earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics in Texas A&M University in 1996. After one year of postdoc in Southern Florida University in Tampa, she moved back to Orlando with her family and started working in Lucent Technologies. In 2002, Susan moved to California, Silicon Valley joined a start-up company. Since then she worked in high tech Corporation till 2009. Driven by her dream job pursuing, she found her passion working in sales by helping people in real estate after one year of education in De Anza business and real estate law study. Since then, she has been serving many people in Bay Area for their real estate needs.
With bilingual advantage, she has been actively working with Chinese immigrants as well as local engineers and residents. With rich high tech background and connection with Chinese community, Susan has served in luxurious real estate in last a couple of years.